Deputies Chasing Biker Won't Be Charged In Death

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DAYTONA BEACH — The State Attorney's Office on Wednesday said no charges will be filed against two Volusia County deputies involved in a fatal March accident.

Lawrence Thomas Sansone, 49, 1978 Country Club Drive, died at Halifax Medical Center the day after the March 7 accident.

Deputy Charles Brown, 25, and Deputy Vincent Masci, 33, were traveling east on Taylor Road in separate patrol cars when a westbound motorcycle passed them at about 75 mph, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.

The deputies turned and chased the motorcycle, the FHP said.

Sansone was turning left off Taylor Road into Spruce Creek Fly-In on his 1991 Harley-Davidson motorcycle, the FHP said. Brown's patrol car struck Masci's patrol car, along with Sansone, who had moved from the turn lane to the through lane, and a pickup that had pulled over to let the deputies pass, the FHP said.

The deputies had been placed on administrative leave with pay pending investigation results.